| 单词 | owe |
| 例句 | “Long live the king!” they squeak, “to whom we owe all joy!” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want you to know I’m doing this because I have a soft spot for pretty boys, the mentally infirm, and people who owe me money. I consider this protecting my investment.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I told him that whatever debt he felt he owed me was now most definitely paid in full. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He feels a little better, but the realization of how much he owes Theo plagues him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z You owe it to us because we left our homes and came to America. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z They had seventy- five cents between them when Hagar declared her needs, and six dollars owed to them from customers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I owe her that much, after she came out here looking for me even though I know I hurt her feelings. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Lyddie owed it to her family to let them know right away, she said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Mandrake-growers have been known to seize the leaves of one of their prize plants only to find a bloody mangled mess below owing to the attentions of a Dugbog. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t owe them small talk on top of it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “What does that mean? You owe it to him? You didn’t break his neck!” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Caesar owed the man much more for taking him into his shop all those months before. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I'm not saying you're lying. I just think you might be remembering things that didn't happen. And since we’re on the subject, I think you owe Max an apology.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I suppose you’ve come because you want me to repay the favor that I’ve owed you for half a century, right?” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, not that I am owed a car or anything, but most kids at Granger who can drive have cars.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z "Just this one time, I let you go. For the little girl. You and me, we're even then. No more owed. You understand?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Opposing them were the Plutonists, who noted that volcanoes and earthquakes, among other enlivening agents, continually changed the face of the planet but clearly owed nothing to wayward seas. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z If he were the tribute, he would have owed Peeta nothing and could be as drunk as he liked. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They wondered only whether they could settle the sum already owed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “You owe me a ride to the Deuce.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I told myself I owed him a favor. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re going to buy something for me with money you owe me but don’t have?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z I still owed my original debt, but after all I’d been through, a four-talent debt no longer seemed terribly ominous, despite the fact that my purse was largely empty again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He’d left hours ago, headed downtown to pick up money people owed him for some chickens he had sold. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing else to say They owed rent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When they came, about the first of the month, one always was already owed in full, if not more, to the man at the grocery store. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not half what we owe, but the best we can do without selling the seed for the next sowing.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, he won’t — He’s my brother And I owe him two bucks. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon he produced his pocket-book: “Here,” said he, offering me a note; it was fifty pounds, and he owed me but fifteen. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “You owe me no apologies; and every body to whom you might be supposed to owe them, is so perfectly satisfied, so delighted even—” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I owe a lot of that to the awesome book cover Dylan commissioned Samantha to design last Christmas. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I bet ye think I owe ye an explanation,” Kin grumped. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He lost $2,300 owed to him for three years of service, along with all the money he had invested in Confederate bonds at the beginning of the war. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Nick dialed M in his credit box and informed Joe that as soon as he paid up the ninety-six dollars he owed for groceries, he could have the ammo on credit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Many other previously uncontacted groups of New Guineans and Amazonian Indians have similarly owed to missionaries their incorporation into modern society. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He said, “Will you take this, Therem? I owe you nothing, but I love you well.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Then I remembered Papá telling us to avoid owing anybody anything, including favors. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “It’s owing to he’s garnished with lice,” said Pro Bono. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It did not occur to Browne that the notion of intellectual property owed as much to Columbus as to the printing press. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z You might even say, “We don’t owe anyone our sadness, but the sharing of it is what friends do. It makes the sadness less. Friends don’t care if you like the same football squad.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “That looks like several thousand dollars you owe some bank.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z To Forward, this owes to their abilities to have confronted the truth, expressed it, become genuine—in a way that isn’t possible through platitude or mere positive affirmation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He owed a message to Reynolds, back with the infantry, but that could wait until he was sure. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was determined to remain married and it was the least he owed her, to remain married. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It marks a favor owed, and Laia and I will need all the favors we can get in the days to come. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “If you see that brooch—and only if you don’t want it—would you mind keeping it for me? Not that I’m, like, owed it or anything, but I always really loved it.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I owe him some change and a tip.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One reason things were changing so much owed to a familiar technology maxim called Moore’s law. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I owed her the truth on this one. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And now since they had lost the house they owed money there too. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Thank you so much for what you’ve done for our school. It’s a great thing, Virginia. The school owes you a lot.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want my half of the goods. You owe me that much.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z This lack of artifice owes as much to the rousing arrangement of songs, which blend seamlessly together, as it does to Echevarri’s poignant narrative. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z "I owe money to everybody. Don't you owe any money?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “I didn’t want to bring this up, but you owe me one. You’d be rotting in a Cyclops’s cave in the Sea of Monsters if it wasn’t for me.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It’s the last period of the day, and if you don’t owe work in any of your classes or need tutoring or have detention, you get to do fun stuff. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “You owe me one more thing,” I told Ares, trying to keep my voice level. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Even if they slip on out owing you some money, you got to bite the bullet, give up some slack, and let them be on their way. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Guess it's my turn. I owe you both an apology for issuing the challenge. It is not my place to teach you a lesson.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z "I've always loved my sister, and you owe me two answers. Do all my kin still live?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The government still existed and the government owed the owner of that lottery ticket ten thousand dollars. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I owe you, Filthy, so I’m gonna cut the grass for the rest of the year and pick up the leaves . . . and I’ll wash the cars and I’ll even wash your hair. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z If I spoke Spanish, I think a little part of me would want to say, “Thank you for saving me, Juan. I owe you one.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The war, however, and the rhetoric that accompanied it created an urgency in the black community to call in the long overdue debt their country owed them. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Why, I owe at least a dozen pickled limes, and I can’t pay them, you know, till I have money, for Marmee forbade my having anything charged at the shop.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She hesitated for a second, then added, “Thanks for the warning, Z. I owe you one.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “So, Tom ... to what do I owe the pleasure?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He at least owes me his best imitation of a human being. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Kvothe, I can tell that this is important to you, but the numbers just don’t add. You’re not good for that much money. You’re barely good for the four talents you owe me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You’re going to call me and explain, okay? You owe me that. Now get going.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “And look! There’s one of Sis Crow’s nephews. That featherbrain owes Gum Baby some money.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But she owed it to her mother to see that he didn’t catch some shameful disease or, worse, run off with a Turkish girl. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She didn’t never give me the eleven dollars she owed me, neither. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z They are presumed to be planets that never quite made it, owing to the unsettling gravitational pull of Jupiter, which kept–and keeps–them from coalescing. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But he had a history of taking over territories he considered German, and he and his ambassadors believed that people of German heritage owed “complete subservience” to their “home country.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Your pa owe the man fifty dollars and it’s on you to honor the debt. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I feel like it’s my duty. And I owe it to your folks. Hell, I owe it to you.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "Your visits are too few. To what do I owe this undeserved pleasure?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I mentioned the names of friends who would help her and also clients of mine who still owed me money. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I gave my word this morning to the master here. I still owe a few minutes’ work.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z For those who will be gleaned, do we not at the very least owe them a spectacular end? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was only the third stakes win of Pollard’s career, and in a backward kind of way, he owed it to Woolf. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You see, now that Mr. Burton has purchased that section of land, it reduces the amount of land that has back taxes due. And actually, now Mr. Burton owes an amount in back taxes.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to owe him anything, either. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Yossarian owed his good health to exercise, fresh air, teamwork and good sportsmanship; it was to get away from them all that he had first discovered the hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We do owe something to parentage and patronage. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z And so I shall never have opportunity to have my leather wrecked by college, but I do owe a great debt to Miss Leep for saving me from the elementary discard heap. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I owe quite a bit for the new ice machinery.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Aaron was my friend, and I owe it to him to find out what happened to him.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “You don’t owe me a thing except to do good!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I don’t owe people anything, and I don’t have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z And when I sit down one morning in my real home to pay bills from my past life, I am dazzled by the two- and three-figure sums owed to outfits like Club Body Tech and Amazon.com. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Though he says I do not, I owe him that. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Payment? What payment? I owe no one anything.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I owe my life to both of them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She should bring it up, she owed him that, but a wordless fear had seized her, a fear of breaking delicate things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I probably should’ve kept quiet, but I said, “I owe you an apology.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Too many complaints, and too much talk of the gold he was owed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Tell him he owes me for letting him go. Find out what’s going to happen to Mount Olympus and convince him to help.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “All right, I done something for you. Now you owes. So tell me—what crime did you do? You’re thieves, aincha?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He still owes me from our basketball game, but I don’t say anything. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “That was great. Do I owe you anything?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I already owe him for saving my life. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen you work a deck of cards. You can get a job in almost any den. Go home and be grateful Kaz doesn’t take what you owe him out of your hide, hmmm?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You were the first to find the tomb’s hiding place, so we owe you our gratitude for leading us to it.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She always said, nobody owes you anything, so when you get something, be appreciative. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look him in the face and hear his last words," she'd heard him tell Robb and Jon once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It’s very complex. You wouldn’t understand. And in the meantime, your taxes have been unpaid. There are fines for not paying. You owe five hundred rubles now.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z This time, Hale had produced a creditor’s note to prove that he was owed money by Roan. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “We owe him something after taking ten dollars from him, don’t we?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z It's mostly a lot of blather about what we owe the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The slaves insisted they were not property; like the Jews in Egypt, they were God’s children, who were owed their basic human rights. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Many participles have turned into prepositions, such as according, allowing, barring, concerning, considering, excepting, excluding, failing, following, given, granted, including, owing, regarding, and respecting, and they don’t need subjects at all. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He’d been holding his whole life in abeyance pending a decision, and they owed him an answer, at least. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I still owed her my paper, but she hadn’t brought it up again. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He is a curious Baggage, the Fiddler—odd — unspeaking, & there is a Jest that Capt. Draper hath asked me to be the Acquainter owing to me talking for 2 Men & he talking for None. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z All of Mrs. Weidenbach’s friends stood to clap, and they were joined by everybody who owed the bank money. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I owed it to the mower to take good care of it. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, I said I was sorry. How much do I owe you?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As they were about to leave, and he was holding the door open for the sisters, Robbie said, “I suppose we owe an apology to Able Seaman Hardman.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The landlord relented and gave us until the end of the month to come up with the three months’ rent we owed him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He was her grandfather, so she owed him respect—but that didn’t mean she had to stay near him. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Rules are rules, Miss New Hampshire. They exist for a reason. For taking the Lord’s name in vain, you owe me another quarter. You also spoke without the baton. Latrine duty for you, too.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Harroway had no doubt on the point of to whom he owed his job. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Think of it as what you owe me for using me.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “That’s less than a month! You owe me fifty dollars, baby.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “What are you talking about? You owed me something?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Fine, go. But mind you, make it a good, long song. And you’ll owe me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z So we owed Uncle Katsuhisa a big favor for helping us. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Touched, Bernard felt himself at the same time humiliated by this magnanimity—a magnanimity the more extraordinary and therefore the more humiliating in that it owed nothing to soma and everything to Helmholtz’s character. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z But the way I see it we owe it to the lads we lost from this village. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I tell her that I owe her a favor. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Little Wife felt so sorry for her, she reminded her husband that he owed it to Big Wife to get her out of China before it was too late. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There are only the two of us now, and I owe her my very life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “A friend on the pie car owed me a favor. I figured we could all use a little forgetting tonight.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Later, in science class, we presented first, because Dari wanted to, and I guess we kinda owed him that much. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t you think you owe us an explanation?” she says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Elizabeth Manwill had been friends with Mrs. Richardson for many years, and she owed Mrs. Richardson a great deal, though she herself hated to put it that way. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This is not a good time to remind the family that the deceased owes you money. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He holds up three fingers, reminding me exactly how many months I owe him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had never been quite able to forget my father, Mr Charles told me, owing to an incident that occurred during that visit. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z So, when I enrolled for my final year at Barnard, I paid what I owed on my tuition with Dad’s wadded, crumpled bills. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They owed to the grocery and they owed the last payment on some furniture. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But he's always telling me over and over again that I owe it to my mother to accomplish her dreams of being a marathon winner. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “I never dreamed I’d owe my life to such an appalling article of clothing,” said Horace, testing the sweater’s wool between his fingers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell me what I owe, Jack,” I say to him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I owe it to her to do everything differently this time. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just that I wanted to beat her, but also that I felt like I owed it to her, to the group, to myself, to play at her level. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And I owe it to the rebels who, emboldened by Cinna’s example, might be fighting to bring down the Capitol at this moment. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Around the first of the month, when the bills came due for the phone, gas, and electricity, Valencia would have me go through the books and make a list of everyone who owed her money. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was a tie, and I called Houston and said, “Tell Glenn Parker down at the Cape that he lucked out. He doesn’t owe me a cup of coffee. ” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In a way, I owe the invitation to the incredible, abysmal, and really cowardly obtuseness of white liberals. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “Good afternoon, Bill. And to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit today?” my dad asks, when he really means, What the hell do YOU want? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Peeta’s argument is that since I chose you, I now owe him. Anything he wants. And what he wants is the chance to go in again to protect you,” says Haymitch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Many thanks are owed to the above mentioned for their roles in what has been, for the past few years now, an obsession and a second life that I never expected to live. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She owed her greatest relief to her friend Miss Lucas, who often joined them, and good-naturedly engaged Mr. Collins’s conversation to herself. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “And I do not know exactly what kind of rules your game had, but I suspect that you owe us this much, if we were all put at risk for your wager.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “That means 1 still owe you two punches!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Ask and Embla were the father and the mother of all of us: every human being owes its life to its parents and their parents and their parents before them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z My parents had birthed and raised and loved me, and for that I owed them a debt. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Lucinda, I apologize, but the only way my office would not move forward would be for the owner of your land to pay what is owed by the deadline.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “What do I owe you, Doc?” asked Johnny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “If the Wicked One betrays her, you owe us both two milkshakes and an order of fries,” Thorn said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She owes much of her success to Our American Cousin. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Our false king has a prickly manner,” Melisandre told Jon Snow, “but he will not betray you. We hold his son, remember. And he owes you his very life.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If you owed him five dollars he’d make you pay back ten. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I expect so. They all knew Luis. A lot of us owed Luis for things. A lot of us got rides from him in that truck of his.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that there were a number of whitefolks in town that owed her favors. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. Whiskey Devil—he’s the head of the Justices—owes me a favor from a long time ago. It won’t cost that much.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But she shrugged like it was nothing, and my mother didn’t like owing anyone anything. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “All right. I’ll tell Cook. I ain’t about to have her pitching a fit because I didn’t get everything done. But you owe me one.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “All right, I’ll let you slide but you still owe me.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “I’d hate to be responsible for doing anything that would put him back in combat. I owe a lot to Yossarian. Isn’t there any way we could make an exception of him?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I’d like to bring in a few of her teachers to talk more specifically about what she owes and how she can turn this around. There’s still time, Sparrow.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z "Good. And I believe that you owe me payment for my services, now my time with you is done," she said. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “I owe him this!” he shouted as he dialed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I owe so much to him,” continued Albert as he rubbed his thumb across the ship tattoo on his forearm. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I got my mother to buy a notebook in which I wrote the names of all our customers, and the amounts they owed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to owe you more than I already do,” I manage to say. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The U.S. government also entered the fray in the hopes of gaining twenty years of back taxes owed by Bobby, and what was left over from the 1992 match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My mother owes the course her life took to the timing of her birth, to the rioters of 1937, and to W. M. MacMillan. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I have no idea whether I owe him an explanation or not. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Arachne’s children have been taking revenge on the children of Athena ever since. If there’s a spider within a mile of me, it’ll find me. I hate the creepy little things. Anyway, I owe you.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to start fresh in Montana, not owe anyone anything. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “You owe that girl an apology,” the principal says. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Ron’s kept him as a pet! There are parts of it even I don’t understand! And Harry — you owe Harry the truth, Sirius!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Its survival into the modern era we owe to two gigantic musical discoveries that began to make their presence felt in the two centuries before ad iooo. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I was not her son, and apart from those eight dollars, I owed her nothing. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z At least I could pay Mary something of what I owed her. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Half our family does seem to owe you their lives, now I stop and think about it,” Mr. Weasley said in a constricted voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “But I’m trying to tell you, you’ll have what he owes you. Tomorrow or the next day.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “To what do I owe this very late pleasure?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “No. This vengeance is not mine to take. There is someone else who owes you so much more.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Maybe,” he said, “but nobody owes you a living. Your game’s not that tough.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a compliment to her talent, yes, but it was also a reminder that she owed the Academy a great debt. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The journey was uncomfortable, owing to the fact that they were jammed in the back of the taxis with their trunks. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z If Roan had really owed Hale that amount of money, then all Hale would have had to do was present proof of the debt to Roan’s wealthy estate, which would have reimbursed him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “You don’t owe me anything,” he said, his voice strained. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Might as well pay my restitution and not owe anybody anything. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I owe it to their widows, to their orphans, to their mothers, and to their fathers who have grieved and wept for them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Give me my check. I’m owed for my last shift.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was a silent agreement in which each party knew what proper respects to pay, a polite farce created to ease the strain of acknowledging who owed who and what. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “She said that you would know this Bodega. And that this Bodega would take care of Victor, because he owes you. And you owe Negra.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He was very fond of his map, but on the other hand, he was extremely relieved that Moody wasn’t asking where he’d got it, and there was no doubt that he owed Moody a favor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The papers were always talking about the debt owed to society. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z My father always reminded me that neither he nor the world owed me a penny or a prayer, though he left me many millions of one and braying echoes of the other. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My first letter, Dear Mrs. O’Brien, Inasmuch as you have not seen fit to pay me what you owe me I may be forced to resort to legal action. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I guess we just have to make sure you owe us,” says Tobias. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It owed its beginnings to a fine blend of Yankee ingenuity and huck-sterism, its selling the first primordial example of the Home Shopping Network. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This was owing largely to the eleven years she had spent caring for her invalid mother, which had left her with some proficiency as a nurse and an inability to face strong sunlight without blinking. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “We still owe you a motor, I guess.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Cora was friendly with Gloria, who called Cora “the Adventuress,” owing to the many complications of her journey, but she hadn’t spoken to Gloria’s husband beyond greetings. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I owed it to myself, and to my siblings, to try to solve their murders. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z After all they’ve done to my family, am I owed this? Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t think the universe owed him an apology whenever something went wrong—unlike another son of the sky god she’d recently met. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Well, son, I calculate you owe Julio something for taking him away from his work.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In this interpretation, which we owe to Einstein, gravity is a distortion in the fabric of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Language, Miss New Hampshire. You owe me twenty-five cents for that potty mouth.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Fletcher had never warmed to that branch of the family, nor they to him, owing to his peculiar temperament. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “My arms are full, Dad. I’ll owe you one, okay? Thanks for this.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Otherwise, the people Dad owed the money to would come looking for me the instant I turned eighteen. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But he owed it to himself to make one more show of resistance. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Sheed had saved him from toppling off his bike when the chase first started; he kind of owed him. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "I don't owe you five bucks," I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Pop Harris, come on now. I don’t owe you nothin’!” he protested, voice going high. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “I do. But you owe me nothing,” I protested. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She owes the grocery store up the block so much money, it cuts off her line of credit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “You know, Moose, I owe you an apology.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then pay me the dollar you owe for them weenies.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And here I've been congratulating myself for refusing a job, I thought, when I don't even know how much money I owe her. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "He does not know yet, does he? The Usurper owes Drogo a lordship." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Long, long ago, there lived a most honorable man who owed much of his good fortune to the kindness of his friend. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Throughout the day the solitude remained unbroken by noise, men, tractors or even cattle, and they began to feel still more deeply what they owed to Fiver’s insight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You owe me two bucks,” the man hollered. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “They’ll be talking about this one for years,” he said hoarsely, “a really unexpected twist, that. . . . shame it couldn’t have lasted longer. Ah yes. . .. yes, I owe you . . . how much?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When that time came, I could walk away from the agency not owing anybody. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It owed nothing to luck: he never had a clearly lost position. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t see that we owe her anything,” June said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At issue were his violation of the sanctions, the fifteen years of back taxes he owed, and the taxes he potentially owed on the millions he’d just won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t talk to me about how much you gave me, Big Mamma, and how much I owe you or none of that.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Plus, she had tons of connections, and everybody seemed to owe her a favor. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z His wretched uncle had a whole crew of muscled bullies he hired to collect money from people who owed him. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z She might have the very proof that Ned needed to bring the Lannisters to ruin, and if it came to war, they would need the Arryns and the eastern lords who owed them service. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Don’t think anyone’s ever tested the theory. The general wisdom is that if he owes you more than four weeks pay, you better stop showing up on payday.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “We owe on the pickup, the washing machine, the TV, and the refrigerator,” Joe announced glumly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If she ever had to tell you off herself, then for days afterwards she’d give you lots of extra attention, like she owed you something. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I need new music. Can I owe you guys some form of credit? I’ll owe you a ride. I’ll pay you at the end of my shift, at the end of the week?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Peeves clutched at his throat, gulped, then swooped from the room making obscene gestures but unable to speak, owing to the fact that his tongue had just glued itself to the roof of his mouth. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “You still owe me twenty minutes,” Coach said, checking his watch. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I told him not to go out alone, but he said he had to find a man who owed him silver.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “How much do I owe you?” he asked quietly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That in itself was a crime, and today I feel like I owe all these artists money for stealing their music, but by hood standards it didn’t even qualify as illegal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Not me. But you ain’t getting out of this one. Victor. What are you going to do about Victor? I want him hurt. You owe me.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z However, we wondered whether it owed a little too much to the techniques of Mrs. Woolf. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I would rather have died than owe him a thing. And thanks to you, we owe him our daughter.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z "But we owe you an explanation, dear boy. You need to know the truth. You're caught in a little drama, and I think you have a part to play. Whether you like it or not." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Now I owe a debt I cannot repay. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I loaded my stuff into it and drove it to Utah, figuring the car would just about make up for the money Dad owed me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “You owe them that, at least. You’ve deprived them of their mother.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I told her because I wanted her to believe me and understand, and because I thought I owed it to her, and to myself, and to you, or was it just more selfishness? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Anderson has concluded that television’s lure owes its powerful appeal to two parts of attention that often compete: the top-down system and the bottom-up system. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I headed out to settle up on the room, using hand signals to assure Faith she didn’t owe a thing. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “You just saved me a bunch of time and money. This is the least I owe you.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I owed everything to my family and their undying support for me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Always, when he took his check to the store, he owed a little more than the check could cover. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You owe Booker another nickel,” she said, wagging a finger at him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Most of them worked in factories, or did, before factories shut down owing to a lack of electricity and manufacturing supplies. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “We owed the bank money,” Dad says, his face twisting in discomfort. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Well, you bring me a hundred and two dollars and sixty cents and I send a wire telling the Valdosta operator to pay Adam one hundred dollars. You owe me sixty cents too.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “To what do I owe the pleasure?” he asked, his voice flat, neutral, unreadable. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “You dog! If you end up marrying that chick, you owe me at least a half a million dollars.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “A letter just came for you. It’s from the library. You owe them money?” she asks softly. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Practice tunnels were being dug willy-nilly owing to the lack of communication between rats and other species. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He said I owed him for the car. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Then I’ll owe them much, much more than the price of the photos.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “He has a twenty. You owe him four dollars and twenty-six cents.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She owed this night to Drogo, for all the nights that had been, and yet might be. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If that were so, I at least owed it to her to set her straight on dragons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks for getting me started. I owe you big.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Two times in one day. To what do I owe the honor?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Salvador, now that your father has died aboard Captain Ortega’s boat, perhaps Ortega will favor you more. He had no insurance for his crew. He may feel he owes the Torres family something.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He owed her one, he guessed, but he was still stinging from the slap, so he didn’t bring it up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “To what do I owe the pleasure of this unexpected visit?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It looked as if we might lose the house because my parents still owed money on Lynn’s medical bills and my mother wouldn’t work as many hours any longer. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Soon tens of thousands of people between here and Cardiff owed me their lives. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Then he looks the bubbling crab in the eyes and says, “I dub you with the name Darwin. And now you owe me one, Darwin.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z But if he’s right, and I think he is, I owe the others a debt that can only be repaid in one way. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z "Because you and Ghost owe me a mile." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “Okay. Yes, let’s get it fixed. Nyame owes us one, anyway.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His warm-hued face was square, owing its shape to the eminence of his angular jaw, which carved out two perfect hollows on either side of his chin. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel I’m owed a bit of fairness. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mom, whatever you owed for your teeth has been paid off for a long time.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I owed him the truth, though I did not wish to face it myself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z No marriage would ever bring them back to life, but if a husband could help end the slaughter, then she owed it to her dead to marry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Everything everyone owes him can be found in those cabinets. Can you see if the name Latif is in there? Babar Latif.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We owed something to each one of these people. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “What do I owe you? For the Coke and all?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Without his gifts as a bureaucratic finagler, the shows just wouldn’t have got on. I owe him much. Leave it at that.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “If we get out of this, I owe you for saving my life.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They don't owe you admittance, but they do owe you an answer.... Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All of us, and over a thousand others, owed our lives to him. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “We don’t even know this guy, so stop acting like we owe him anything.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I thought I owed my wife, Margot, an explanation for my temper, but I didn’t know how to begin. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jimmy, in fact, had graduated at the top of his class—an honor he owed entirely to his own will power. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a busy area of Logan, often with joggers, but, on this day, quiet, owing to the weather. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Accident or not, we owe Cornflower a debt of gratitude,” replied the Abbot. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z We owe it to them to stay strong and keep working to create a more fair and humane world. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I owed them fifty thousand dollars or a trophy. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “This way you still owe me a favor.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Simon, just—I seriously owe you an apology.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I haven’t changed my mind about saving him in the arena, but I don’t owe him more than that. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I just found the house for him. I owed him that,” he says. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Because I started reading Bloodfall after we met Gary. He was so awesome. I owe it to him. And you. But I’m not even close to done.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Maybe you owe it to Kate to let her beat you. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Without saying another word, they proceeded to strip the house of furniture, seizing the wardrobe, chairs and table, saying that the goods were payment for a mysterious debt of honor my father owed them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Like many officials, the county prosecutor owed his election at least in part to Hale. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “You know, it’s my fault you’re not already pretty. I messed up everything by running away. I owe you.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z White, already suspicious of the Shouns owing to the missing bullet in the Anna Brown case, began to question each person who had been in the room with Bill. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Royal was the man who’d spied her in town; his partner was Red, owing to the rusty color of his curly hair. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There are so many colliding messages—confidence and shame, power and powerlessness, what she owes others and what is hers—that she can’t hear what’s true. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z This was Stannis, his just lord, to whom he owed all he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The government owed the tribe annuity payments for the sale of its Kansas land but refused to distribute them until able-bodied men like Ne-kah-e-se-y took up farming. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “You owe me an explanation,” I reminded him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “You owe me five hundred dollars,” I go, making up a number. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z But first he owed an explanation to Ron and Hermione, who had stuck with him for so long, and who deserved the truth. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But I felt I owed him a debt because of all that his family did for me in those early days. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z And if it was an extremely rude snicker, you owed her a King Size. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He didn’t have the money to give what he’d promised, but it was enough to cover the half tuition I owed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mott wrote to Stanton, urging her to keep her expectations low: “The convention will not be as large as it otherwise might be, owing to the busy time with the farmers, harvest, etc.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The way I saw it, Dad owed me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "I owe them a personal explanation before it breaks on the news." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I figure I owe the city big time, and the least I can do is pick up this one piece of trash. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Her friends, although one owes nothing to friends, must be satisfied that she searched thoroughly. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A popular song across the country in the late 1950’s was Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons,” where he sang about a miner owing his soul to the company store. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Since the turn of the century, Africans owed their educational opportunities primarily to the foreign churches and missions that created and sponsored schools. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess I sort of owe them this, too. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He owes Monticelli a great deal, he says, and also Gauguin, “with whom I worked for a few months in Arles.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "Here, young man, you owe much of your good fortune in attending such a school to her." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not giving it to you to be nice. You got the dog back, so I’m giving you the money. I just don’t want to owe you anything.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I felt that I owed more to children in general, and in particular to girls. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “How much do I owe you?” the sheriff growled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And when it came to Washington, I felt I owed them the truth. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And I did not feel that I owed it to him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “We should have left there at 11:58. But owing to the weather we were twenty minutes late.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell Oliver he owes me a basketball game!” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “I’m grateful for the book, of course. I can definitely let you go free, son of Mars. But I have a long-standing problem with Hades. After all, I owe my godly powers to Demeter!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “And,” he said, as heroically as he could under pressure, “I owe it all to Riverview Middle School! The best middle school in the city, maybe the world! Gooooo, Pirates!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He said that he still owed $1500 to his sister Ella which she had loaned him to make one trip abroad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t go home. Not after all that’s happened. Anyway, whatever help I can be, I owe you that and a lot more. You were all perfectly safe until I got here.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It is only from the 1640s that natural philosophy becomes a crucial category, largely owing to the influence of Descartes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And when they don't come back, the nation owes them something. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Yes. I figured. You don’t owe me anything. Please take it.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I owed him a good one for the I almost got with Tiffany joke. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I then spent four precious jots of my own money on paper and ink and called in the favor Jaxim owed me for trading him my late admissions slot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You gave me your word, Severus. And while we are talking about services you owe me, I thought you agreed to keep a close eye on our young Slytherin friend?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z That owes partly to another of our great survival mechanisms that can be problematic when relied upon in excess. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z No matter which way I did the math, I owed more than I’d make. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Kept on telling me I owed her for uniforms and some old broken-down bed she give me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s your legal right. His cattle ruined your crop. He owes you the money for it.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I owed much of my newfound self-confidence and knowledge, both on and off the fencing strip, to Akhi. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z ‘That makes a dollar ninety you owe me,” Ginnie said, striding up to the elevator. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I knew I was supposed to feel grateful, and I did, but I also couldn’t help feeling like they’d bought me and I owed them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Hall thought it was ‘not quite’ but very nearly true to say that ‘engineering owed nothing to science’ until very late in the eighteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They owe her for taking care of me all these years, I think. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z At first, owing to the stream’s noise, Linda didn’t notice them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I owe it all to my girls,” Mom continued, gathering Hadley and me in a hug. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Pay me what you owe me, and we will go tonight.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The kings and priests of ancient Sumer wanted writing to be used by professional scribes to record numbers of sheep owed in taxes, not by the masses to write poetry and hatch plots. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead, simplify, simplify, simplify, and look for the clause—in this case it’s who owed him money. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Some fine young lads from this village gave their lives to give us that privilege, and the way I see it, each one of us here now owes it to them to play our part. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Frank told me that the same fellow on 123rd Street who had hired him to deliver a package had offered him money to beat up a junkie who owed him money. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Over the course of the years everyone in Cannery Row owed him money. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Double you, double owe, dee, you know, like the stuff they make furniture out of—furniture, you know, and spears, and— well—spears, you know, and furniture.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If a landowner didn’t pay what he owed, say, the Spooks’d all go round to get justice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Yes, I thought, I owe it to the race and to myself. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It also committed the United States to compensate English creditors for outstanding pre-revolutionary debts, most of which were owed by Virginia’s planters. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z However, Mother and I had been able to get hold of eight scrawny cows, mainly from people who owed us a lot of money. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Per Haskell didn’t buy you. He paid off your indenture. That means you owe him money. A lot of it. But it’s a real contract. Here,” he said, removing Heleen’s document from his coat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Sam owed it to me to come home and help Mother run the tavern for a couple of years while I started to make my way in the world. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I owe them my life, and regret that I can’t recall a face or voice or even the rhythm of their step as they carried me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All his life, William found it hard to demand payments that were owed to him. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “We need to think about what our marriage is really based on . . . not this balance sheet, who owes who what.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was afraid it was lost for good, which would have been unfortunate. I owe you my deepest gratitude, Miss...?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "What do I owe you?" demanded Tom harshly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “I owe you an apology, Ear,” said Arm. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we feel like we owe you one, too.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There’s live music, a pop act that owed June a personal favor, and they’re covering “American Girl” right now, so Alex grabs June’s hand and spins her onto the dance floor. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There is no question that the historic civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s owed its existence to the summer of 1919, when organized black resistance to white abuse first became a reality. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “I am hope not. He is owe twenty-four dollar, the maricon.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were here when the cable went out. I never did find out if the Yankees won. Okay, that’s eighteen hours I owe you for. You got all your tip money?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “I’m not certain. I believe it recently left Budapest, though I do not know where it is en route to. I can find out; Friedrick will know and I owe him a telegram.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I mean you no harm, you know. I owe you much and more.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I told my dad that he owed it to us to get some help and that I planned to call his doctor in the morning. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “You owe me a motorcycle for the one you broke. Serves you right if you hurt your hand.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “You—you owe me a blood debt. Your men gave up Darin—” “And paid for it with their lives. You can’t ask for more than that.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I feel like I owe her something, and she died before I could give it to her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My habit is to drag myself imperiously through a world that owes me unpayable debts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It could even be argued that the success of Paul Revere’s ride — in some way — owed itself to the fact that it was made at night. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I ain’t seen the tinkerer since the day of my whipping, and I owe him a hearty thanks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He said it in a way that made me see that he figured I owed it to him. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The men in the beetles were talking and the attendants were talking about the engines, the gas, the money owed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t talk to me about the money Mama owes, or the awful things people say to you in the street sometimes.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Once they got finished slapping you with pay deductions, late fees, and interest penalties, you wound up owing them more each month, instead of less. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His ankles, owing to the sharp steel edges of the shackles, were gouged and bleeding. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z We owed it to each other, which is something different. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure what’s going on here, but I’ve got a feeling we owe the doctor an apology. Probably several apologies.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to calculate how much weight he had lost, and how much money he now owed the connects who supplied him with the drugs. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Even though it’s Sunday and we kinda owe it to Jesus to go to church on his birthday, none of us wake up until around eleven so we miss service. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I put in ten hours that week, meaning I make up twenty of the dollars I owe him; got one more week to go. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Owe you? Since when am I owing you anything?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When she went to say good-bye to the boss, he told her that he’d have to owe her the last week’s salary. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Young man,” he said, “we owe you our lives.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He woulda done anything for this little punk, and I feel like I owe him one. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z ‘A bunch of dead losers waiting for a free handout from Gaia, whining that the world owes them something?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Mam says she can now pay off the few pounds she owes at Kathleen O’Connell’s shop and she can pay back what she owes her own mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “We owe you that and more for solving our little hollowgast problem. Most bothersome, as I was saying.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Stohler says, “I guess there really is a first time for everything. We’re honored to have your company, Miss Markey. To what do we owe the pleasure?” she says, nodding in my direction. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Only in the past few centuries, owing largely to European imperialism, have the world’s people been classified along racial lines. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Genie, you holler out the number that red hand lands on. And I’ll tell ’em how much they owe. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “You’ll never call me. You don’t realize how agile an illegal escaped Nexus-6 is, how impossible it’ll be for you. We feel we owe you this because of—you know. What we did.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z "I owe it all to my dad," he told reporters, and cameras flashed again as Doug flung an arm around the proud Mr. Hoo. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Add their names to the list of things I can never stop owing him for. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But love, which had, perhaps, like a benevolent monarch, swelled the population of his neighboring kingdom, Death, had not himself descended: they owed him no allegiance here. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He couldn’t remember how he had got it back from the restaurant where he owed for the drinks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Io’s descendant would be Hercules, greatest of heroes, than whom hardly the gods were greater, and to whom Prometheus would owe his freedom. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I owed him that much, but more than that, I wanted it for myself. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I owe that woman more than just my career. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z "And remember what I said, this is only a taste. If you ever grow tired of Lady Arryn's service, present yourself at easterly Rock, and I'll pay you the rest of what I owe you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I explained that we all owed Walter something because he had been threatened and terrorized, wrongly accused and wrongly condemned, but he never gave up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The Führer owes his life to “Divine Providence”: he escaped, unfortunately, with only a few minor burns and scratches. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “But I owe you a debt, and I have sworn to do the best by you that I know how.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ron’s always been so kind to me, and I think I owe it to him to at least pretend that I’ll think about it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “How much change do I owe you?” he asked me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Alartha, I owe it to their father. It’s the least I can do.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I guess I felt like I owed him some truth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z According to Rosa, Burt owed her deceased husband $10,000, which she was seeking to recover. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "He let you go because he didn't want to owe you anything?" asks Peeta in disbelief. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I wanted, uh, I mean I owe you a apology for—you know, in the cemetery that day. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I owe it to this baby, and I owe it to Libby. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Or all the people who owed him money. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “I gotta stop in here right quick. I owe Jimmy some cash.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I already told you that you don’t owe me anything. Nada. Zilch.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Are we still in my credulity? Because if we are, you owe me for this meal.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I mean . . . just because, you know. You owe me too many favors. How am I going to collect if you die?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah, well, for the record, the last thing I want is to feel like I owe you anything.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z There was no logical reason why he owed California anything more than the quality equipment he continued to send them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “What are you, sixteen? An entitled cheerleader type from a perfect family? Think everyone in the world owes you a favor?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z To be honest, I wanted to postpone as long as I could my disappointment if the man to whom I owed so much didn't remember me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Seems like to me, you owe us, says Dean. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z "Seems I owe you an apology," she said. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, regardless, I owe you one. And I won’t forget it.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I know there is no money owing us. If you told the truth, you’d say that Johnny owed you.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t take charity from white ladies because I know they just want me to owe them. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "An I was, I owe it to you. I'm only sorry you couldn't do the part yourself." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “I owe you a lot more than I do her. You really opened my eyes to something.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I don’t owe the people outside this city anything, whether I am Divergent or not. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Maybe I owe him a little more space. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In the Beta-Minus geography room John learnt that “a savage reservation is a place which, owing to unfavourable climatic or geological conditions, or poverty of natural resources, has not been worth the expense of civilizing.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Though what they owed for the forged cards and a week’s room and board had been subtracted, there was still money left over. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z With difficulty, owing to their bulky backpacks, the nine of them crowded around the old boot held out by Amos Diggory. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She had returned from Cambridge with a vague notion that her family was owed an uninterrupted stretch of her company. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "You owe me an apology. Princesses aren't treated in this way." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I think that I owe you my life.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They now owe about $750 billion in revolving debt, according to the Federal Reserve, a sixfold increase from two decades ago. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “What of you? I owe you a great favor—how can I repay it? Ask anything and it is yours, should it be within my skill.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was owed this life that had so casually been given him, and if he had to die, he would struggle until the very last minute. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It took six years, but she paid her creditors every cent she owed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Bob,” I say, “let me explain. I owe you an explanation.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Hazel’s done wonders and we owe a lot to Fiver here as well.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom managed other people’s money, doing complicated calculations to figure out how much they owed the government. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “You have carried me often enough, sir,” said I. “Whenever you praised me to Mr. Sharpe, you held my head above the water. For that, I owe you my eternal gratitude.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I could not even afford to pay the fifty-pound balance still owing on the plot of land that I had purchased in Umtata, and had to give it up. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Something she never wore and I felt she owed me for everything I’d been through working for her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But don’t go thinking I owe you any favors, mister. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I guess I owe you plenty dough,” he said simply. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One guy owes me better than a pack at this point. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The Court justified this insurmountable hurdle on the grounds that considerable deference is owed the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, do I owe you an explanation for what I say or don’t say on my blog?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “I owe him a blood debt that someday I gotta repay.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Theon Greyjoy put a hand cm the hilt of his blade and said, "My lady, if it comes to that, my House owes yours a great debt." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It's Thursday, and I'm in history class, and apparently Ms. Dillinger just asked me a question, because everyone is looking at me like I owe them something. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “This is a conflict you great gawks must attend to yourselves. The Fair Folk owe you no allegiance,” he said angrily. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It must be the sleep debt I owe my body—the accumulated hours of missed rest over the past four days. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “You have no idea how much we owe her.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Washington knew that he and his country owed the French an eternal debt. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I promised; after all, I felt that I owed her something for inadvertently making her ridiculous before the members of her church. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Stannis spared him from that end, something else I owe him ... A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "My lord father owes Lady Lysa fealty, as does his heir. A second son must find glory where he can." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It is not a question of whether or not I owe her an apology. It is a question of whether or not I spoke the truth,” Master said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “There aren’t many kids out there who have your talent. You owe it to the game.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There was no way I could get heavy-handed and demand that an English person send me money, even if he owed it to me personally. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “He don’t want to live, but he’s gonna live anyway. When he gets out of this, by God, he’s gonna owe his life to the Three Musketeers.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Wherever he was, he was about to owe me big. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They owed around two hundred dollars that had to be paid right away. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I owe that much to his sister. I ... let them both down. I’m not going to let that poor kid suffer any more.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But he’s still overwhelmed by the debt he owes his brother and is determined to pay it back, even though it means painting must take over his entire life. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They no longer talk about suing Johns Hopkins, though Lawrence and Zakariyya still believe they’re owed a share of the profits from HeLa cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The new ruler of the gods owed Prometheus much for helping him conquer the other Titans, but he forgot his debt. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I probably wouldn’t have made it out of the oil room if it weren’t for him. He’s the one who taught me to swim. You think I don’t owe him something for that?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “But I’m proven wrong, aren’t I? Thousands of pounds are being wasted and so I owe my friend, Captain Farrar, a penny. A gentleman always pays his debts promptly, be they large or small.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe you should go home, Parky. I will take you back home now. This is pointless. You owe him nothing.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At least I could pay Mary something of what I owed her. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I bet you saw my books and thought they’d fetch a big price, right? But you could sell a thousand of them and never make enough to pay off what you owe.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “The foul is worth six points. I was down one point, so now I’m up five points. That’s five hundred pounds you owe me.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He had no authority over me, and I didn’t owe him any explanations. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Red Jack and Katherine are here with me, and I owe it to them to try to retain some of my sanity. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He said to Sergio, “Guess I owe you a new T-shirt.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Charles knew he owed a considerable amount of his success to FitzRoy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “No cause to grab a cab like that. It isn’t rush hour. I say, my good man, what do I owe you?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Pointing, she said, “You wouldn’t go to Seth Clemson for the money he owed us. But you’d take his cattle and turn every farmer in the county against us. This makes us ranchers, Gabriel. Ranchers!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z When she stopped in front of the barbershop she said, “Ask Mr. Fred how much we owe him. I forgot to take the slip out of the sack. Said you’d pay him.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z When he appeared this morning, therefore, and demanded I spread out my hand, I really let him know I was not pleased with the situation, and owed him not a single finger more. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Five hundred dollars! We owe you five hundred dollars?” Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Tribal tokens mark a favor owed— they're not offered lightly and are rarely given out by women. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He liked moving his tiger and elephant pawns through his opponent’s blockades, but he became furious if, owing to a toss of the dice, he was captured and sent back to “Start.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And when any child came in to buy chips, candy, or soda, Speed made them calculate how much change she owed them— they got a free Hershey’s kiss for each correct answer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He claimed to have inside information, owing to his mother’s high-ranking position as a guidance counselor. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “So try. You owe it to her, and you owe it to yourself.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Heather: “I knew you would help. You’re great. Tell you what. I owe you, I owe you a big one. How about next week I come over and help you redecorate?” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z We owe to him indispensable phrases which encapsulate powerful arguments, such as ‘unintended consequence’ and ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’; one of his phrases, ‘role model’, has moved out of the university into daily speech. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "It's like the bread. How I never seem to get over owing you for that," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Those boys jolly well owe you their lives,” he said to Maddie. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Well, I owe them the truth at least. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "In peace, the title is only an honor. Let the boy keep it. For his father's sake if not his Own. Surely you owe Jon that much for his service." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I say, rolling my eyes, because I swear he owes me like a hundred dollars from years of not giving back the right change. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Only that I can never settle the balance owed between us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “The least you can do,” said Brave Orchid, “is invite us to lunch. Aren’t you inviting us to lunch? Don’t you owe us a lunch? At a good restaurant?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “We lifted her as gently as possible,” Geyer said, “but owing to the decomposed state of the body, the weight of her plaited hair hanging down her back pulled the scalp from her head.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “You owe me a magic book. Friday after school, the usual spot.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I believe thanks are owed to you too. My understanding is that you helped Ekon procure my daraja. You brought her to me.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They owed to him their two or three politest puzzles; and the joy and exultation with which at last he recalled, and rather sentimentally recited, that well-known charade, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Don’t forget you owe me one for speaking up for you a few days back.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Yes. And that should lead you to consider your responsibility as a business head. You owe your employees that consideration.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “No complaints. To what do I owe this honor?” she asked. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t owe you a thing,” I said. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Seem like to me, Dentist Lincoln, you might look after her, she ain’t nothing but a little mite. And seems like maybe you owe me a favor or two.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to put myself in the path of too much temptation and end up owing him a new car. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “That was before the Bureau got turned into a war zone! I owe it to your brother to keep you safe, Amari.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Bailey and I had seen the books which showed how she had lent money to Blacks and whites alike during the Depression, and most still owed her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you owe me for the entire tray,” the pastry man told Mother before storming away. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z "I don't know what your deal is, man, but that's a mean cut. And you owe me ten bucks." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Although they never mention it, I owe the people who frequent the . Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Pong started to thank him before deciding that he didn’t owe those slimeballs thanks for anything. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “I owe you a debt,” I grit out after we walk for a little while. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Not that he didn't owe her an apology, but if he humbled himself enough to actually say he was sorry, then he must really be flipping on the inside. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “And I think you owe the class an apology for being disruptive earlier,” she said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I owed it to myself to meet this crisis in my life when I chose, and I chose now. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And that stunted imagination is something I owe to my chains. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z "Then the honest men of the city owe Timett a debt of gratitude. I shall see that he has the king's thanks." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One theory is that they owed their rank to their parents. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do you owe the money? What did you bet on?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And I agreed, but still, she owed us an explanation. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I thought women were gorgeous no matter what they wore, and I didn’t think they owed anyone an explanation for their sartorial choices. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z "A man pays his debts. A man owes three." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Still owe the colmado- man two for one for every grain of rice I did already eat. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The schoolteacher himself had exclaimed over my handwriting and vocabulary—both of which I owed more to Lefty’s private tutoring than to my teacher in school. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Matt owes you nothing, and he’s going to pay you nothing. You can’t use him for transplants.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you owe this gentleman something?” he asked her kindly. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “The loan of the girl is the least we owe her. I hope you regret your decision to send away the sister. Even small hands would be helpful now.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He owed it to his people to take these discomforts in stride. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “If I don’t want the video released, I don’t want the video released. I frankly don’t owe you or anybody else an explanation.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “You still owe me an arrow,” Otwel called, but we were already rushing down the hill. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I felt I owed that to my girls. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “All right, young man, no more kidding around. How much do I owe you?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z To anyone who questioned the effectiveness of the loyalty oaths, he replied that people who really did owe allegiance to their country would be proud to pledge it as often as he forced them to. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z One payday Dad owed the mine company eleven cents. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she owed him something for having come this far. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You said you’d give me three coins for every time he couldn’t dance with anyone else because of me. You owe me...” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I owe Mr. Donner too much to stand by and see him robbed this way. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was a mousy brown, her teeth, owing to an impoverished childhood, not well cared for. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I felt we owed the captain something. For services rendered.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He owed money but had no drugs to sell—he had to figure out how to make that money back quickly. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Then I owe them that much,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He says that a crucial aspect of breaking the bonds of addiction and finding inner peace owes to “a commitment to a higher power and spiritual awakening.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “You owe a debt you can never pay,” my mother said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The modern tradition of mathematical argument, essential to all of science, owes much to Pythagoras. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But before she could speak, Matthias had said, “I owe you my life, Nina Zenik. We will get you safely home.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Please. I need your help. He keeps the debts people owe him filed in there.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Later on, as I sank deeper into all this mud, I would realize how much of his success Bodega owed to Nazario and his connections at City Hall. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Jimmy, wassup. Just wanted to come give you what I owe you,” I said, reaching down into my pocket. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “How much more do you owe, anak ko? I thought you had gotten things under control?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “If the Lioness’s son is in trouble, we owe it to her to help,” Sana says to those gathered behind her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?” he asked. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z If he’s going to take my spot, he at least owes it to me not to hold back. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We had thought of ourselves, of what Devon owed us, and we had taken all of that and much more. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Most important, I owe a debt to my grandmother. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “That I now owe him a favor. Do you know what that means?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Slytherins, on the other hand, clapped as he walked past them, whistling and cheering, “Thanks Potter, we owe you one!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Every year we send a letter—a tax bill—showing how much you owe.” Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, you owe us, they seemed to say. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It no longer surprised them; but he made no secret that he owed his recent knowledge largely to Farmer Maggot, whom he seemed to regard as a person of more importance than they had imagined. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “No, just the interest... In two months you’d owe me over thirty-five talents.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Way I sees it, Old Scratch gunn owe me big ’cause bright and early tomorrow morn I sure am ’bout to send him back four of his cursed souls and one of his good-for-nothing dogs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He glared at me like I owed him, so I patted his back. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The lowering of the image of her son brought out in her all at once all of the compassion that she owed him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Sometimes I really do think I owe the secret of my success to that little book I read long ago called How to Survive 101 Calamities. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You still owe us cream puffs” she said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “That’s to remind you that you owe your father some respect!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it happens again, and if it’s real, the boy’s father will know he owes you thanks. He won’t hurt you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The five hundred dollars Mama owes the bank makes it worse, looming over me like a giant spider spinning a web around my family. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Since he hadn’t paid me any commissions, I was only taking what I was owed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He does not interrupt to say that Gina owes him money for the swearing jar. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I’m not giving you a bill because you don’t owe me anything.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z You ask for plenty without ever actually asking for it “You owe him. You’re the only one with enough free time.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The king owed Pompey plenty of favors, and Pompey intended to collect. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Zu? I think you owe your dad a phone call.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Oh yeah? I think for being over here, y’all owe us some of that candy,” the first guy says, and I feel a tug on my backpack. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The prisoner’s dilemma owes its name to a scenario, formally identical to the one above, wherein two men suspected of a major crime are apprehended in the course of committing some minor offense. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z To some of them, she owed something that she hadn’t paid yet, like Windy and Stewart, or Cousin Eunice. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I owe you one,” Dill said, as they got into Travis’s pickup. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Trouble in paradise, Chino? Why don’t you want Blanca to—” “Fine, I owe you.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The day after the death of Aureliano Segundo, one of the friends who had brought the wreath with the irreverent inscription offered to pay Fernanda some money that he had owed her husband. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And much of the gain owed to technology. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But despite his mien of seriousness and inapproachability, Bronstein was friendly, animated, and liked by virtually all the other players, owing to his cordiality, immense knowledge of the game, and a certain intellectual eccentricity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The father seemed so gripped once again with his stubbornness that he forgot about the respect which he always owed to his renters. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a familiar desperation in me, a rising panic that beats loudly in my chest, pounding out each thing I owe. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “To what do I owe the pleasure of such sweet company?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The truth is that I owe you everything I have. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I dreamed instead about my grandfather as a boy, about his first night here, a stranger in a strange land, under a strange roof, owing his life to people who spoke a strange tongue. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I’m just saying we owe her mom a blood quota, and everyone knows it. It’s bad karma if people think we don’t pay back.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you. You practically saved my life. I owe you one.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He still owed her two deaths, and she was worried she would never get them if he rode off to battle with the rest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Who is it that I owe my life to?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Milo might help you. He’s bigger than Colonel Cathcart, and he owes me a few favors.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Before I start chanting at them in a language they don’t understand, I owe them something important—in plain English. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z All knew that they owed their very existence to the Abbot and his community. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “She owes allegiance to none but herself, and won’t balk at putting a knife through your heart.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z With my awful mood, I owe her that. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I owe it to each and every one of the men who got tossed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Why shouldn’t we get some pleasure in this life? Why later? Why not now? “Because we don’t owe things just to ourselves. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Elena thought she was owed this, Elizabeth realized suddenly; she thought it was a question of fairness, about getting what she deserved under the rules. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had money for us that he claimed was owed to my father, though this is doubtful. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of money, Charles borrowed from his father and his sister and futilely tried to sue the Oneida Community for money he said they owed him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The cashier punches some buttons and says, “After the food stamps, you owe ten dollars and thirty-eight cents.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “But you were right. I have shown...prejudice toward you. And I owe you an apology.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “All right. I’m sorry to hear that, but you do owe me, Chino. Just remember that.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She owes it to me, I think with self-satisfaction. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I suppose we owe you an explanation, Mama,” Jaime murmured as they drank their coffee. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When you harm somebody, you owe it to them to make things right. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Like you said, it’s going to be bad no matter how you slice it. And whatever Peeta wants, it’s his turn to be saved. We both owe him that.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She had left home early that morning to collect the twelve dollars owed her by the white family for whom she had worked the week before. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z "Two she has had, three were owed. If a guard must die, she needs only speak his name." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “They owed it to us—we traded it for some of the land they stole from us!” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I may owe him a kiss or three before the night is done, thought Asha. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Believe me. You don’t owe me anything,” I say as I turn to walk away. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She had already paid me back by getting the information and now she wanted me to owe her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She must earn all the money to pay what they owed, so she could gather her family together back on the farm while she still had family left to gather. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The truth was the least she owed her friend. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Without his salve my back would still be a ruined mess, and I don’t think it’s a great leap of reasoning to think that I owe him my life. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Besides, he owes me. He almost got squashed in a closet today—isn’t that right, cowgirl?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If the company borrowed millions of francs and then went bust, Armand Peugeot did not owe its creditors a single franc. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I think maybe we owe him a few words. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Matney weighed it carefully—more than four hundred pounds!—and then counted out the twenty-two dollars and fifty cents he figured he owed us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t owe anything to Coach,” Mr. Gore says. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you want to look at it like that,” he said, “yes, I suppose I do still owe you.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I did not feel that he owed it to me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I owed them everything, and I knew it. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “And anyway...”—he hesitated before completing his sentence—“you still owe me, don’t you?’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Powdered Graphorn horn is used in many potions, though it is immensely expensive owing to the difficulty in collecting it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma was sore disappointed that the store wouldn’t give us no more credit until we paid down on what we owed. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “One was even there the night of the tennis game. But you...you risked everything for a city you owed nothing to. Why?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I think he feels like he owes you something,” she said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “For a boy with a little head, you sure do have big dreams. I just want what’s owed me.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I saved your life — I don’t owe you anything.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “You don't owe me an apology. But thanks for listening. It’s kind of weird saying that story out loud.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He drew a picture of each customer; then he drew circles and lines of various sizes to represent the amount of money owed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I had decided then and there that as soon as Bodega met Vera, I owed him nothing more. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “I need to take care of Russell. He needs me. I owe it to him,” she said. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “You owe me one for the other day when Curtis was hittin’ on you.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Tonight is something I owe her; her only son spending time with her before he goes. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z "See? All I'm takin' is the five you owe me. I'm no crook." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Just so we’re clear, you are not a burden, and you don’t owe me anything. You never have.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I might be too much in the negative for that, but I owe this to Millie. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Standing straight, hands at his sides and stone cold, he told me, “The manager owes Bodega. We’re going to your place. You have to change clothes.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Even before I had a chance to think I said, “You owe me a nickel, my daddy plays a giant fiddle and his name is Herman E. Calloway.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Accident or not, you owe your brother an apology, she tells him. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z I owe this progress report to Burt who had the bright idea that I could dictate this on a transistor tape recorder and have a public stenographer in Chicago type it up. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “He owed me, okay? Don’t even worry about it.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Those hours of passive availability are considered part of the forty-five hours of child care she would owe the Zamborskas. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Remember, you owe everything to us,” he went on. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “As a nation, we owe her gratitude for showing that talent and dignity can prevail and wrongs can be corrected.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z She tried to call in a few debts owed her mother, the ones she knew about. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I gulp and start to pour out the heartfelt apology I know I owe her. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I thought often of what I owed and to whom. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Tammany owed much of its power to the fact that it got the children young and educated them in the party ways. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But I owe it to Khalil to pay his grandmother a visit. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “You are in so much trouble. And you still owe me an explanation!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I at least owed her a shot at that. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “To Weldon I owe the chief awakening of my life,” he recalled, “but this is the personal, private obligation of my own soul.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I owe him a wander and, actually, a lot more than that. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “By the way, if you see Jake, tell him I said hello and he still owes me that ride to Bluefield.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z During this time, owing to his newfound piety, Bobby used no profanity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But Bobby’s untenanted look owed itself not to vapidity but to a certain lack of interest in the world around him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Let us say that the Muslims were to achieve the possession of the six or seven states that they claim are owed to Negroes by the United States as “back payment” for slave labor. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z But you need money, Italians are not known for giving away bananas especially to the McCourts who owe them money already for groceries. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I have been alive as long as this land and you will pay the respect owed to me— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z "No, sir; you're the man and you owe it to our youth to allow us to tell them your story," he said, as I watched Brother Wrestrum leaning forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But then he had figured out that Mark and Linda were paying for Ana out of their own pockets, and Joaquin guessed that he owed it to them to at least go. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z And anyway, she didn’t owe him an apology. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t like the idea of owing him and couldn’t bear the thought of slipping backward again. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They owed an even greater debt to Wraith for that bundle of kimril tubers that had made all the difference. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I am still in contact with Mary Miller, my Guardian ad Litem, to whom I owe so much and appreciate far more now than I did when I was a child. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z And it wasn’t the money, either, because Johnny always owed him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I believe I owe you eight shillings?’ he said, with a wide smile on his dark, ruddy face. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He says the smart humans owe it to every other living creature not to let the dumb humans wreck the whole planet. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Plus she owed him a good pounding with a snowball. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The bowl is heaping and I tackle it with the ferocity that I think a last meal deserves—shoving it all in me as if it owes me loot. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Rising with the two pups held close to my chest, I asked if I owed anything. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jorge came over the border and shot them. He got into a lot of trouble for it, too. He, uh, he saved my life, and I owe him everything.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so sick of you saying that. No, I owe you, and I’ll always owe you, and I’ll never be able to pay you back, and I hate you.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Say I was to sell me a dog to a man and I wanted him to pay me one-tenth of what he owed up front; how much did the dog cost to start off?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z No matter what he was, she owed him his freedom. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I owe Jack a lot. I want to do this.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, I owe you all cream puffs?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “I can never repent it, though we hated to kill. Our country owed all her troubles to him, and God simply made men the instrument of his punishment.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “That would rock so much, I’d owe you something big. Like maybe an ear or a toe or something,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “I saved your skin. At least you owe me a chance to explain.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He owed him a thrashing for the business of the horse, and for the treachery of the trap-door. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why not? Besides, I’m pretty sure you owe me your life since I just saved it.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He understood what to expect from Bud Gleason and what not to expect; and he had gotten not only what Bud had to give, but also what he owed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re one of these people who thinks the world owes you a living. Nobody owes you so much you can go around pushing people around. “ Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “You owe me for using me as fodder for your rant.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The Kerch Council would owe him, to say nothing of what this particular heist would do for his reputation. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They act like I’m the official representative of the black race and they owe me an explanation. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “We owe you, Jake. Both of the Shaffer brothers are now behind bars for that bank robbery in California thanks to your brilliant work.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Somehow Ellsworth had blundered—either through carelessness or a clerical error—and didn’t pay $480 that was owed, and as contractually agreed upon, the company had the right to dispose of the storage room’s contents. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I assure you I’m gonna kick your chapped tails. You especially, Sonny. I still owe you, big time.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “They owe their skill to me,” he insisted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was early evening, and we’d just finished supper, and over coffee and dessert I asked him about my bill, how much I owed so far. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the girls owed months of wages and resorted to scrip for everything now. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They would have seen that her eyebrows were drawn on as though by Magic Marker, and that her face, owing to the Princess Borghese makeup she sold on commission, was the color of a brick. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She was a disagreeable little woman, no longer young, who had quarreled with almost everyone, owing to a temper which was self-assertive and a disposition to trample upon the rights of others. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z "Okay, sit over there. I'll call her now. She owes me a favor anyway." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Maybe Rishi didn’t feel the same way anymore, but she still owed him an apology. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “For the rebellion. Not for me. I don’t owe him anything.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if I owed her or not, but I needed my money. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he could succeed where Jen had failed precisely because he wasn’t a Baron—because he didn’t have her sense that the world owed him everything. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “He still owes me an apology. In fact, he owes me two, after what he just called me.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “You worked hard. You don’t owe me anything.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z ‘All your long life we have been friends, and you owe me something. Come! Do as you promised: give it up!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Check the lyrics online when you get home. If I’m right, you owe me a chili-cheese dog.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was owing to him, to his reserve and want of proper consideration, that Wickham’s character had been so misunderstood, and consequently that he had been received and noticed as he was. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “I believe you owe him three hundred dollars.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “They came, all right. Borrowed more money. Maybe they could have paid it all back, but then there was the money we owed for living here.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I owed it to Father to obey him in everything—even if it meant going to such a fearful place as the Golden Mountain. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She owed it to the dead man to hurt a little for him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Then to what do I owe this pleasure?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I owed Moniek my survival. He had helped me in so many ways, and his optimism kept me going through the darkest days,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z "Now, the rest of you non-relayers, you know what this is. Ghost, I don't wanna see you in last. Lu, if Ghost is in last, you owe me a mile." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I owed him a debt now, didn’t I? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “He is keeping up under his responsibilities and looking well, and we all owe him a great debt for his constant watchfulness and attention to our slightest wishes.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “We saved the swank’s life. She owes us big-time blood debt. ’Course we can take her.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Rashid shook his head and tried to step away from Z, but Z held on to his shoulder as Rashid insisted, “You owe me nothing. I only did what anyone would do.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Early food production was less competitive with hunting-gathering in the Americas than in the Fertile Crescent or China, partly owing to the Americas’ virtual lack of domesticable wild mammals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we feel like we owe you one, too.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Which of them did she owe most obedience to? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And here I've been congratulating myself for refusing a job, I thought, when I don't even know how much money I owe her. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The Holy Quran says it, “Pilgrimage to the Ka’ba is a duty men owe to God; those who are able, make the journey.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn't going to explain about Dad, the checks he owed us, the fights on the phone. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Most of them owed Sapo one thing or another, or were just scared of him and would do as he said, no questions asked. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z |
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